Living Creatively, Living the Dream
About this post: Raise your hand if you’re celebrating a birthday during quarantine!!! At the end of the month, I turn 52, and during these days of Covid, with the added stresses and the disappointment of not being able to Continue reading 52 Pickup…
About this post: Kids truly say the darndest things! At 3, my oldest, (now 28) came up with my very favourite saying that became my life motto. I’ve turned into a digital print in my Etsy shop to remind me Continue reading Butterflies…
About this post: There are quite a few people out there on Social Media that are putting a smile on my face and keeping my spirits a little bit lighter during these tough times. I’ve listed a few of my Continue reading When you’re feeling overwhelmed…laughter, truly is the best medicine
About this post: Now, more than ever, we need to connect with friends and family. For my 50th birthday, my children gave me the “50 things We Love About You” piece and I’ve been re-reading it on the days I Continue reading The importance of telling someone how much you love them…
About this post: Following the advice of the World Health Organization, I’m Social Distancing during this Covid-19 Pandemic. Here’s how I’m planning on spending my time alone in this big ol’ empty nest of mine! *** This “empty nesting” thing Continue reading Social Distancing? Here’s what you can do when you live alone!
About this post: On Meg’s 20th birthday, I look back on the teen years and put together a list of my five favourite blog posts about Meg. Happy Birthday sweet girl…with so much love xo! *** With today being Megan’s Continue reading And just like that…the teen years are done!
It’s hard to believe that 28 years ago, I became a Mom. Seriously, I HAVE A TWENTY EIGHT YEAR OLD!!! Time and again, as all parents do, I shake my head with the passing of time. There’s that saying, “long Continue reading Happy 28th Birthday my Beautiful Girl…
I’ve big plans for 2020…but I don’t know how to put any of them in place. I’m comfortable. Life is pretty good. I have great people around me and things have been going relatively well for the last while. But Continue reading My 2020 Guiding Word
Several years ago, my cousin Siobhan was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, I had no idea what I could possibly do to help her. There were thousands of miles between us so I couldn’t just show up with Continue reading How to help someone you love when they’re dealing with an illness…
Well…I sold the house and moved to an apartment! In my case, it was due to an empty nest and a house that was simply too big for this mama to handle…plus, I was ready to move on from a Continue reading Tips for Moving from a House to an Apartment!
If you’re like me, a weekend away at a cottage is absolutely wonderful…the perfect way to end a busy work-week with the goal of putting your feet up and RELAXING to your hearts content. The problem…the Friday pack-up! Gathering your Continue reading Making weekends easier with Kitchen Door Catering.
In a little turquoise house on the water’s edge…I laughed until I completely blew a gasket! Literally…in fact, it still hurts if I cough, sneeze, or roll over in bed the wrong way! Myself, Suzi Fevens from Confessions of a Continue reading Four #Gifted Nova Scotia Bloggers…
When Megan was in Junior High, she came home one day, absolutely aghast that her favourite subject, Art, had lost it’s classroom due to overcrowding at the school. The once lovely studio had been reduced to “Art on a Cart.” Continue reading When was the last time you visited the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia?
When was the last time you had a full work-up of your blood…like, REALLY looked into what was causing some tiredness…checked to see if there was anything else going on besides just burning the candles at both ends? With my Continue reading Getting serious about my health…
I’ve been reading a lot on “wellness” lately and one of the things that comes up time and again…is the NEED for friendship. The fact that packing up the car and heading for a “girl’s weekend”, meeting a few girlfriends Continue reading Finding Balance with the most AMAZING Women!
It was an incredibly chilly day just before the holidays, when I was home sick with shingles, miserable, and completely out of groceries…when my son headed out the door to run a few errands for me…a large list in hand Continue reading What do you do when your battery’s dead?!
When Megan told me she wanted to be a tattoo artist, my first thought was “what am I going to tell people?” The first few times someone approached me with “so I hear Megan wants to be a tattoo artist”, Continue reading I decided my Word for the Year would be Acceptance…but then I changed my mind…
While going through my divorce and court proceedings a few years back, I had the HEINOUS task of accounting for EVERY SINGLE DIME I SPENT and coming up with a budget to appropriately reflect my life. It was a GET Continue reading Getting Real About My Finances: How RBC NOMI Find & Save is Helping me Save
It takes courage to realize you aren’t on the right path, to change direction even when you’re afraid to disappoint those who’ve helped you on your journey. With my full support, Megan has given up her dream of playing university Continue reading Changing directions…
If you’ve been following me on Insta Stories, Facebook or Twitter over the last few days…you’re well aware that I have shingles as I believe I’ve told absolutely everyone in hopes that the collective “awwwwwwwww” will make me feel a little bit Continue reading Shingle Bells, Shingle Bells, Shingle all the Way…